Multimodal cleaning brush

Abstract

A cleaning brush is a multimodal contact cleaner having both a microfiber head and a bristle head coupled by an offset handle assembly that misaligns a grip on the offset handle assembly with the microfiber head to improve features, including operation and ergonomics.

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
         1 . A cleaning device, comprising:
 an elongate handle having a first end and a second end, said handle including a longitudinal axis;   a head portion coupled to said first end, said head portion including a planar face having a cleaning surface perpendicular to said longitudinal axis;   a cleaning material coupled to said cleaning surface; and   a tail portion coupled to said second end, said tail portion including a plurality of elongate fibers generally parallel to said longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning device of  claim 1  wherein said longitudinal axis includes a first axis portion associated with said head portion and a second axis portion parallel to and misaligned with said first axis portion, said second axis portion associated with said tail portion and wherein said elongate handle includes an axial displacement that axially offsets said head portion with respect to said tail portion. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning device of  claim 1  wherein said handle is generally cylindrical having a generally uniform diameter. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning device of  claim 1  wherein said head portion includes a polygonal profile having a plurality of cleaning faces including said planar face. 
     
     
         5 . The cleaning device of  claim 4  wherein said head portion is uniformly flat defining a pair of opposing cleaning planes, a first cleaning plane including said planar face and wherein said plurality of cleaning faces further includes a plurality of exterior sidewalls extending between said cleaning planes. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning device of  claim 5  wherein said cleaning material is coupled to one exterior sidewall of said plurality of exterior sidewalls. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaning device of  claim 6  wherein said cleaning material is coupled to said pair of opposing cleaning planes. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning device of  claim 7  wherein said pair of opposing cleaning planes each includes a rectangular profile. 
     
     
         9 . The cleaning device of  claim 8  wherein said longitudinal axis includes a first axis portion associated with said head portion and a second axis portion parallel to and misaligned with said first axis portion, said second axis portion associated with said tail portion and wherein said elongate handle includes an axial displacement that axially offsets said head portion with respect to said tail portion. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning device of  claim 8  wherein said handle is generally cylindrical having a generally uniform diameter. 
     
     
         11 . The cleaning device of  claim 10  wherein said rectangle has a width perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and a length parallel to said longitudinal axis wherein said width is greater than said diameter and wherein said length is greater than said width. 
     
     
         12 . A method for cleaning a first surface and a second surface independent from the first surface; comprising:
 a) operating an elongate handle to clean the first surface using a cleaning material of a cleaning surface of a cleaning head, said elongate handle having a first end and a second end, said handle including a longitudinal axis, said cleaning head coupled to said first end, said cleaning head including a planar face having a cleaning surface perpendicular to said longitudinal axis contacting the first surface; and   b) operating said elongate handle to clean the second surface using a a plurality of elongate fibers coupled to a tail portion coupled to said second end, said plurality of elongate fibers generally parallel to said longitudinal axis.